Heating-iron.



P. SANTURELLO.

HEATING IRON.

APPLICATION TILED 11110.15, 1012.

1 973,938, Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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PETER SAN'IUBELLO, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

HEATING-IRON.

Application filed August 15, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 715,213.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Pn'rnn Sanrurun, o, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ileatinglrons, of which/the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the art of forming Marcel waves in hair and resides more particularly in the provision of a heating iron for this purpose. The true Marcel Wave is in the nature of a compound undulation or series of undulations, compound in the sense that, besides being normally serpentine,-t-he adjacent undulations are laterally disposed in relation to each other and in this manner are more than a simple zigzag or purely serpentine format on. l ur- 'ther than this, all of these undulations must be of a smooth regular {lowing nature. To attain the above, I have provided a heating iron which has all of lts working surtaces of approximately cylindrical form and bc ing so constructed that when t-heh'air is wound about the same, all aornpt variations caused by having comparatively sharp cor- 11ers, are eliminated. have found it desirable to have a plurality of prongs extending from both sides of a central stem, both the prongs and stem being of an approximately cylindrical formation. The etlect gotten from a structure such as this is somewhat enhanced by arranging the prongs upon opposite sides of the central stem in staggered relation to each other. My heating iron also possesses other structural advantages which will be appznent from the following detailed description of the same.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of refer ence designate corresponding parts, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my im proved heating iron, Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of my improved heating iron showing the slidable spring element for the retention of the free endof a lock of hair, Fig; t is a perspective view of my improved curling iron showing the manner in which the hair is to be wound thereon in order to attain the proper Marcel wave, Fig. 1s a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig 4; and like More specifically, I

wise showing thelock of hair upon the heating iron and disclosing the convex centralcurve produced by the winding of the hair about the rod of the healing iron, and, Fig. (3 is a plan view of a loclt of hair having the true Marcel wave, from which it will be seen that the normal undulations are laterally displaced in relation to each other.

In the drawings, my i1 n1n'ovemcnt is shown as comprising a handle element 1 into which lead electric wires under the control oi a switch 3 of any suitable form (details of switch not shown). The body of the heatin iron is preferably formed of parts l and o superimposed upon each other and stawurcdv together by screws (i and 7. These stantially cylindrical prongs t) and 10 dis" posed upon opposite sides of the stem and 'torningr a staggered series of prongs about \v'rrhit th hair is to he wound in the manner shown in Fig. i. For structural purposes, the upper element 4 preferably has its prongs provided with downwardly extending lips 11 and the lower element 5 has its prongs somewhat shorter so as to fit within the said lips 11. The interior of these prongs and of the central stem or rod is preferably cut out for the reception of heating coils as shown at 12.

Under normal conditions, it is desirable to provide the first two prongs of the body portion with retaining books 13 and 1st. to prevent the lock of hair from slipping otl', this being i particularly liable to happen when the hair is being curled a nonprofessional manipulator. The provis on of these hooks 12-3 and l-lguards against this danger in opcratirm by either a lefthanded or rightdlandcd operator. To further facilitate the use of my improved iron by a non-professioual manipulator-,1 have provided a trackway 15 upon the lower face of the element t and a slidable spring .16 dove-tailed into said traclgway and having a knurled piece of fiber 17 to facilitate sliding thereof without subjecting the open ator to any discomfort due to the heated condition of the iron.

r In operation, and directing attention to.

' to the/handle. It will first be looped about prong element and then reversed over the top of the stem and downwardly under the next prong element in a manner clearly apparent from this figure. It would seem from this that the true undulation,-which I may be described as the serpentine undula:

tion, is produced by the passage of the lock of hair into contact with the prongs. The supplemental or lateral undulation which completes the compound curveis apparently eflected by the passage of thelock of hair across' the stem or rod of the body'portioni This may or may not be true,-for the reason 1 .th at it is difficult to separate the effect of the diiferent parts of this body portion. The essential fact, however,is that the winding of the lock of hair about the cylindrical known as the Marcel wave.

body portion of the heating iron and the throwing in of the switch, will serve to heat the lock of hair in such a distorted position v that there results a compound undulation one of the hooks 13 and 14: prevents the lock of hair from slipping off the inner end of the body'portion and the spring element 16 may be readily adjusted to clamp theother' end of the lock of hair upon the body portion.

As stated, I

in presence of two witnesses.

What I claim, is: v

' 1-. A heating iron for use in forming Marcel waves comprising a central stem,

and prong sections being of approximately semi-cylindrical hollow formation, a handle, and electric heating meansdisposed in the hollow portions formed when the said sections are in superimposed position.

3. A heatlng lIOIl for. use n formlng Marcel waves comprising a central stem, a

plurality of prongs extendingfrom both sides of said stern in staggered relation, said stem and said 'prongs being of substantially cylindrical fiormation, a handle, heating means, and guard members for prevent ing the hair from sliding ofl the ends of said prongs.

In testimony whereof I aflix' my signature PETER SANTURELLO.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. L. BooK,

A. L. PHELPS. 

